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What is the difference between grandma and grandmother?

grandma | grandmother |

Grandmother is a synonym of grandma.



As nouns the difference between grandma and grandmother

is that grandma is grandmother while grandmother is a mother of someone's parent.

As a proper noun Grandma

is the name used for one's grandma.

grandma

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (informal) grandmother

    • Related terms

    * grandpa

    Anagrams

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    grandmother

    English

    (wikipedia grandmother)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mother of someone's parent.
  • A female ancestor or progenitor.

    • Synonyms

    * (sense, mother of someone's parent) baba (loanword from Eastern Europe), gammy, gram, gramma, gran, grandma, grandmom, granny, eldmother/eldermother, mimi, nan (British slang), nanna, nanny, Mamaw

    Antonyms

    * (with regard to gender) grandfather * (with regard to ancestry) granddaughter, grandson, grandchild

    Hyponyms

    * (l) * (l)

    Hypernyms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    Related terms

    * (l)